The Hand of the Lord: 1. is mighty. 2. is dangerous and deadly against His enemies. 3. empowers His servants. 4. can be heavy to discipline His people. 5. will help His people. 6. will always be with His people today.

Intro We are back after a week break in our series called “Back to the Basics: Knowing why you believe what you believe.” We are now looking over this point: 8. That every believer is a new creation in Christ, and is called to walk in the Spirit, to die unto sin, and to live unto righteousness, and thereby…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer. Why is Fellowship so Important? 1. Fellowship is Important Because I BELONG in God’s Family with Other Believers Therefore,…

The Dilemma of Belief. Have you ever had those moments when you wondered, “Is this really true?” Maybe life has gotten difficult. Maybe you have come to the Derailment of your hopes and dreams like Joseph, Mary’s husband, when he found out that his betrothed bride was pregnant after all his time and…

Isaiah 2:1-4 Life in the Millennium “The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. It shall come to pass in the latter days that the mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established as the highest of the mountains, and shall be lifted up above the hills; and all the nations…

Good Morning, turn with me in your Bibles this morning, to the gospel of Mark we are going to begin reading in chapter 5:21-43 When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around Him while He was by the sea. One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

One last introductory lesson before examining the elements one at a time. (Click on author’s name for earlier lessons) Freedom from the flesh and legalism. Natural man tries to cope with the flesh in two ways 1. Moralists try to suppress the flesh with rules and laws. 2. Libertines celebrate the flesh…

The primary problem addressed by Paul in 1 Corinthians, the point behind the fruit of the Spirit, the primary pursuit in Ephesians, and the putting on of the new person in Colossians 3 is all about loving our brothers and sisters.

God’s summoning of individuals and people to himself, so that they will belong to him and serve him in his world. The calling of a believer may involve a specific place, task, or vocation in life.

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

God’s Comfort—2 Cor. 1:1-5 Wednesday Night Prayer Meeting 4/22/09 Trouble is an inescapable consequence of living in this world. Today, we hear everywhere of people doing horrible things to themselves and others. Job 14:1- Sometimes is this trouble God seems afar off- Job 13:24- this was certainly the…

Last Spring, we studied through the Sermon on the Mount. One of the great themes of Matthew is the coming kingdom. The Book of Revelation speaks of the time when that new kingdom is fully realized. I shared with our Elders a week ago an observation that I gleaned about songs describing Heaven. Historically…

-Introduction Paul, a bond-servant of Christ Jesus, called as an apostle, set apart for the gospel of God, which He promised beforehand through His prophets in the holy Scriptures, concerning His Son, who was born of a descendant of David according to the flesh, who was declared the Son of God with power…

Biblical Sufferology: How to Bring Hope to the Hurting Abstract Students of human grief have developed various models that track typical grief responses. However, their models fail to assess whether the responses correspond to God’s process for hurting and hoping. Biblical sufferology identifies eight…

oremus bible hymnal almanac liturgy Common Worship Almanacs for desktop calendars and PDAs Almanac files for iCal, Outlook, Palm and other calendar software Calendar for 2009 | Sun 30 Nov 2008 | CW* Advent 1 | First Sunday of Advent Principal Service Isaiah 64.1-9 Psalm 80.1-8, 18-20* 1 Corinthians 1.3-9…

How do we respond when we've lost the battle against Satan?

Putting the concerns and interests of others before one’s own. Jesus Christ was the supreme example of this and believers should follow his example, denying themselves in order to serve others.

The Book of Common Prayer, Formatted as the original This document was created from a text file into WordPerfect for Windows 6.1 and then converted to RTF format. When you convert it to your word processor=s native format it is almost inevitable that these conversions will not be perfect and that some…

2 Timothy CHAPTER 1 I. Introduction (1:1-7): Paul thanks God for Timothy and encourages him in Christ 1. Paul, [an] Apostle[1] of Christ Jesus through[2] the will of God according to the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus[3], 2. to Timothy, [my] beloved child[4]: grace, mercy, and peace from God…

MANUAL CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 2005-2009 MANUAL/2005-2009 CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE ● HISTORY CONSTITUTION GOVERNMENT RITUAL ● NAZARENE PUBLISHING HOUSE Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A. Copyright 2005 by Nazarene Publishing House Published by the authority of the Twenty-sixth General Assembly held in Indianapolis,…

By Dudley Daniel Building A Church For The Nations CONTENTS FOREWORD PREFACE Chapter 1 THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH WORDS AND SYNONYMS THAT REFER TO THE CHURCH SUMMARY Chapter 2 EXCELLENCE GOD’S PERFECTION MAN’S PERFORMANCE HINDRANCES TO EXCELLENCY HELPS TO EXCELLENCY DISCIPLINE DISCERNMENT DETERMINATION…